[L's odd for many reasons. The obvious surface ones, of corse, but also the mundane and seemingly universal experiences that he seems to have little to no knowledge or intuition concerning. He leans into accounts of those like someone cold to a campfire, with a sort of seeping hunger that is difficult to place and harder to satisfy.]

I haven't heard that teasing can be done to show someone that you know them well, out of love. I've always heard it framed as cruel. But families are composed of individuals... I'm sure you've experienced some of both.